From the recording Glass Break Dementia
<p>I wrote the music for the chorus and all the lyrics for "About Face" in 2005 but never came up with a satisfactory tune for the verses. I was also envisioning it as more of a loud 90s-ish rock song originally. </p>
<p>The chorus stayed with me for years, but I didn't really come back to it in earnest until January '09, as I was starting to pull together a few nagging stray ideas. "About Face" was one of the first ones I wanted to nail down. Thankfully, the verse tune came quickly, and the song was finally written on January 27th.</p>
<p>Lyrics-wise, I see a throughline to this song from a few past ones -- "High Wire" from INFINITY DOGS, "The Mirror In Your Mind" from the very-limited-release HUMBUG GLORY, "Automatic Caution Door," and others. </p>
<p>Voice and guitar was recorded in a single live take, as with all the acoustic-only tracks on the album.</p>
<p>I think "About Face" is one of the class tracks on the record, and I'm so glad it stuck around long enough in my mind to let me finish it at last.</p>
Lyrics
<p>About Face</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Always wallowing in plunder</p>
<p>from the treasure that it takes</p>
<p>Don’t you ever start to wonder</p>
<p>why the cycle never breaks?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Jab a stick between the spoken promises</p>
<p> </p>
<p>About time that you face</p>
<p>the face this is about</p>
<p>you’re turning an about face</p>
<p>and it’s really a close shave</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Single, single, little vixen</p>
<p>How I wonder if you are</p>
<p>All the poison that you’re mixin’</p>
<p>Leaves you close to no cigar</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The air is thick with all the smokin’ promises</p>
<p> </p>
<p>About time that you face</p>
<p>the face this is about</p>
<p>but babe, it’s not about face</p>
<p>that you think you can still save</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In a candy-cradled stupor</p>
<p>In a frozen lake a splash</p>
<p>You intended to be super</p>
<p>It’s unhealthy; it’s a smash</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Aren’t you sick of all the broken promises?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>About time that you face</p>
<p>the face this is about</p>
<p>Your ‘what’s-it-all-about’ face</p>
<p>Don’t you take it to the grave.</p>